No bones about it: I am a slow reader. Worse, I am a serial book buyer and starter, and years can pass after I buy a book before I actually start it, to say nothing of finish it. Except for anything by Larry Correia. Somehow, Correia has figured out the secret combination to writing novels that […]
Andy Weir’s The Martian Should Get a Hugo Nomination
2014-07-14 · by ·
If Andy Weir isn’t up for the Hugo next year, then scifi fandom doesn’t deserve good fiction anymore, because The Martian is pure awesome sauce. Left behind on Mars after a freak dust storm puts a hole in his suit and buries him, Mark Watney–astronaut, biologist, engineer–knows that the odds are against him returning back to Earth […]
Utah Writers Are Taking the Hugo Awards by Storm
2014-04-23 · by ·
Utah authors are taking the Hugo Awards by storm. Indeed, if I wasn’t from around here and hadn’t been following some of these guys for a while, I might wonder what it is in the water that has Utah taking over fantasy/science fiction’s best well-known (and as it appears, most controversial) award. Here’s who has […]
Review | Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management by Howard Tayler
2013-09-23 · by ·
Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management, and its author Howard Tayler, is unlike anything I’ve ever read before. Wait–hold that thought. It’s not completely true. Yes, it’s unique, a veritable cornucopia of creative energy and humor, entertaining and–dare I say?–educational at the same time. But it is also reminiscent, in so many happy ways, of the […]
Utah authors at Salt Lake Comic Con Day One
2013-09-05 · by ·
Did you know that there are 82 authors in Utah. And that’s an above normal concentration of literary talent, apparently. Utah’s an anomaly, said Jessica Day George. I think that’s lucky for us. With a large, and growing, community of authors, it helps create a great culture for books, literature, and learning. With so many […]
